Monday, April 8
- Innovation Workshop, Pinnacle Ballroom, Graduate Minneapolis
- Regulatory 101: Medical Devices, Meridian Ballrooms, Graduate Minneapolis
- 5.10k Fun Run & Road Race, Coffman Memorial Union Front Lawn
Tuesday, April 9
Check-in, Onsite Registration, and breakfast begins at 7:00 am on the 2nd floor of the Graduate Minneapolis
8:00 am - Plenary Keynote
Perspectives for AI in Healthcare
Ken Washington
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Medtronic
(Meridian Ballrooms, Graduate Minneapolis)
9:50 am - Networking Break & Guided Tours
- Sponsor exhibit booths Please visit our sponsors located throughout the Meridian foyer. Refreshments will also be available.
- A Heart to Learn
An interactive educational training opportunity about cardiac and human anatomy.
- Guides Tours: Sign up onsite at the 2nd Floor DMD Conference Registration Desk
10:30 am - Technical Sessions
- Emerging Medical Innovation Valuation Competition (Meridian Ballroom 4)
- Medical Device Security: Evolving Risk Management, Transparency, and Federal Guidance (Meridian Ballroom 3)
- MNcubator: On-Ramping a Smart MedTech Startup in MN (Meridian Ballroom 1)
- Pediatric Devices (Meridian Ballroom 2)
12:00pm - Keynote Luncheon
DMD 2024 Awardee & Keynote
"Catalysts of Innovation: Government Legislation, Funding, Patents and Entrepreneurship"
Pat Dillon
President and Founder, MNSBIR, Inc.
(Memorial Hall, McNamara Alumni Center)
2:00 pm - Technical Sessions
- New Pacing and Defibrillation Technologies (Meridian Ballroom 4)
- On-Ramping a MedTech Startup - Experience at Fogarty Innovation (Meridian Ballroom 1)
- The Development and Approval of CM&S for Cardiovascular Devices (Meridian Ballroom 3)
- Wearables (Meridian Ballroom 2)
3:30 pm - Networking Break & Guided Tours
- Sponsor exhibit booths Please visit our sponsors located throughout the Meridian foyer. Refreshments will also be available.
- A Heart to Learn
An interactive educational training opportunity about cardiac and human anatomy.
- Guides Tours: Sign up onsite at the 2nd Floor DMD Conference Registration Desk
4:00 pm - Technical Sessions
- Advancing Medical Device Development through Human-Centered Design (Meridian Ballroom 2)
- Advances in Medical Devices 1 (Meridian Ballroom 4)
- Clinical Case: Diving Into Deep Dark Vitreoretina Ocean (Meridian Ballroom 3)
- Life-Threatening Conditions in the Emergency Department (Meridian Ballroom 1)
- Scientific Poster Session 1 (Pinnacle Foyer)
5:30 pm - Student Design Showcase and Networking
Student Design Showcase and Networking Event
(University Hall, McNamara Alumni Center)
5:30 pm - Guided Tour
Sign up and depart from the 2nd Floor DMD Conference Registration Desk
Wednesday, April 10
Check-in, Onsite Registration, and breakfast begins at 7:00 am on the 2nd floor of the Graduate Minneapolis
8:00 am - Plenary Session
Global Medical Technology Innovation (Meridian Ballrooms 2 & 3)
10:00 am - Networking Break & Guided Tours
- Sponsor exhibit booths Please visit our sponsors located throughout the Meridian foyer. Refreshments will also be available.
- A Heart to Learn
An interactive educational training opportunity about cardiac and human anatomy.
- Guides Tours: Sign up onsite at the 2nd Floor DMD Conference Registration Desk
10:30 am - Technical Sessions
- Cardiovascular Keynotes (Meridian Ballroom 3)
- Five-Minute Pitch Competition (Meridian Ballroom 4)
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation (Meridian Ballroom 1)
- Save Lives through Proprietary Product Innovations Funded by America’s Seed Fund (Meridian Ballroom 2)
12:00 pm - IEM Distinguished Keynote Luncheon
Rashid Bashir
Dean, The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Memorial Hall, McNamara Alumni Center)
2:00 pm - Technical Sessions
- Advances in Medical Devices 2 (Meridian Ballroom 1)
- Cardiac Mapping Navigation Technologies for Arrhythmia Treatment (Meridian Ballroom 3)
- Virtual Modeling in Healthcare (Meridian Ballroom 4)
- Environmental Sustainability (Meridian Ballroom 2)
3:30 pm - Networking Break & Guided Tours
- Sponsor exhibit booths Please visit our sponsors located throughout the Meridian foyer. Refreshments will also be available.
- A Heart to Learn
An interactive educational training opportunity about cardiac and human anatomy.
- Guides Tours: Sign up onsite at the 2nd Floor DMD Conference Registration Desk
4:00 pm - Technical Sessions
- Advances in Medical Devices 3 (Meridian Ballroom 1)
- Advances in Medical Devices 4 (Meridian Ballroom 4)
- Clinical Case: Robotics in Colon & Rectal Surgery (Meridian Ballroom 3)
- Congenital Heart (Meridian Ballroom 2)
- Scientific Poster Session 2 (Pinnacle Foyer)
5:30 pm - Guided Tour
Sign up and depart from the 2nd Floor DMD Conference Registration Desk
All DMD Sessions
- Advancing Medical Device Development through Human-Centered Design
- Advances in Medical Devices 1
- Advances in Medical Devices 2
- Advances in Medical Devices 3
- Advances in Medical Devices 4
- Cardiac Mapping Navigation Technologies for Arrhythmia Treatment
- Cardiovascular Keynotes
- Clinical Case 1
- Clinical Case: Robotics in Colon & Rectal Surgery
- Congenital Heart
- Emerging Medical Innovation Valuation Competition
- Environmental Sustainability
- Five-Minute Pitch Competition
- Global Medical Technology Innovation
- Keynote: Plenary
- Keynote: Lunch Tuesday
- Keynote: Lunch Wednesday
- Life-Threatening Conditions in the Emergency Department
- Medical Device Cybersecurity
- MNcubator: On-Ramping a Smart MedTech Startup in MN
- On-Ramping a MedTech Startup - Experience at Fogarty Innovation
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- New Pacing and Defibrillation Technologies
- Pediatric Devices
- Save Lives through Proprietary Product Innovations Funded by America’s Seed Fund
- Scientific Poster Session (Tuesday)
- Scientific Poster Session (Wednesday)
- Student Design Showcase
- The Development and Approval of CM&S for Cardiovascular Devices
- Wearables
- Virtual Modeling in Healthcare
Thank you to our 2024 Session Organizers
- Andrew Hansen, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
- Art Erdman, University of Minnesota
- Brian Joy, University of Minnesota
- Carl Nelson, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- Danny Gelfman, Medtronic
- Gwen Fischer, University of Minnesota
- Haley Gorr, Boston Scientific
- Holly Golecki, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Jessica Haupt, University of Minnesota
- Joanna Perrier, University of Minnesota
- Jonathan Strutt, University of Minnesota
- Kate Taylor, Boston Scientific
- Keith Vargo, University of Minnesota
- Kristian Debus, Virtonomy
- Kurt Smith, Fogarty Innovations
- Lars Mattison, Medtronic
- Lars Oddsson, University of Minnesota
- Lucy Dunne, University of Minnesota
- Marc Horner, Ansys
- Matt Johnson, University of Minnesota
- Michael Eggen, Medtronic
- Mike Finch, University of Minnesota
- Mithun Suresh, University of Minnesota, CentraCare, and M Health Fairview
- Pat Dillon, MNSBIR, Inc.
- Paul Iaizzo, University of Minnesota
- Paul Rothweiler, University of Minnesota
- Will Durfee, University of Minnesota
Click the time slot for a list of sessions. Click on the session title for more details.
DMD is a part of the 2024 IEM Innovation Week. For more information about the other events happening the week of April 8th, visit the IEM Innovation Week page.